At last . Three sensible posts on the trot . Rules have never been the answer alone .
How many of you break speed limits ? Flying below minima is the similar . Driving fast on a wet road becomes dangerous if you do not have the required skill / training . No one can say that 120 mph on an open road driven by an experienced racing driver is inherently dangerous . The rules are there to cover bad drivers in crap cars as well .... And of course should be obeyed .Hence they are so low . Well a pilot with relatively low hours but all of them low level , often in bad viz ( say crop spraying, power line etc ) will be safer in these marginal conditions than a high hour pilot flying A to B in good conditions ( I am not including IFR pilots in this ).
If you have lived , like I do , on the side of a big hill in Yorkshire you will either become used to flying in poor viz or you will give up flying .
My advice to anybody would be don't fly in bad weather and deteriorating viz ...... But if you don't accept that then go and fly with someone with real experience. Fly into the worst weather he is happy to go into and do a precautionary landing in a field . I know many pilots who have almost never done this ..... That means they are either very cautious ( good ) , very good a predicting the weather ( good )
Or they always make it there come what may ( bad ) . I land in fields approx 5-6 times a year at least . Sometimes just for 20 mins . Time to rethink , check weather , change plan B , C . Landing should always be an easy option when you start to tense up .
Ps. I had not seen DB post and do not endorse it . Make the rules 10,000ft and 10k if you like it will make NO difference. I think you are one of the few that don't get it crab . We need change I agree , but in training and available equipment to make flights safer . You and your type with your rules have failed totally and have just reduced the number of people flying due to onerous rules and costs . Time to think again .
Last edited by nigelh; 31st March 2017 at 10:38.